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Configured keyboard shortcuts are not loaded when xfce starts
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RESOLVED: WONTFIX

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Description Bertrand Servin 2006-08-03 18:15:29 CEST
User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060406 Firefox/1.5.0.4 (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-1)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060406 Firefox/1.5.0.4 (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-1)

I specified two keyboard shortcuts for xfwm4 this way:
1) I went into Settings->Window manager Settings
2) Opened the Keyboard tab
3) Chose Add to create a new configuration
4) Edit the entry "Next workspace" to XF86Forward
5) Edit the entry "Previous workspace" to XF86Back

When I start XFCE, these settings are not taken into account, although 
the key bindings in X are fine (tested with xev). I have to go into the
Settings dialog again (the changes I made are still there) and close it 
to get the desired behaviour.






Reproducible: Always




I am running version 4.3.90.1 (Xfce 4.4 BETA1) packaged on Debian Etch.
Comment 1 Olivier Fourdan editbugs 2006-08-20 18:29:02 CEST
The key theme is stores in the .themes/ subdir within the user's home dir $HOME/.themes/<theme name>/xfwm4/keythemerc.

You should check if the keythemerc file contains the defined shortcuts.
Comment 2 Bertrand Servin 2006-08-20 21:59:21 CEST
(In reply to comment #1)
> The key theme is stores in the .themes/ subdir within the user's home dir
> $HOME/.themes/<theme name>/xfwm4/keythemerc.
> 
> You should check if the keythemerc file contains the defined shortcuts.

Yes, I have this file in the .themes/configured directory and it contains
the defined shortcuts. I also have  a symlink to this file at 
.themes/xfwm4/custom.keys/keythemerc 

Comment 3 Olivier Fourdan editbugs 2006-08-21 20:17:03 CEST
- What if you assign other more standards keys?
- Where do XF86Forward and XF86Backkey key symbols get assigned in your setup? 

I suspect that the keys might be assigned (using xmodmap) after the MCS manager has started, and the window manager cannot grab these keys.
Comment 4 Olivier Fourdan editbugs 2006-10-01 16:46:22 CEST
Could please update that bug with the requested informations? Otherwise, I'll have to close that bug because I don't think it's an issue with xfce.
Comment 5 Bertrand Servin 2006-10-03 15:34:49 CEST
(In reply to comment #4)
> Could please update that bug with the requested informations? Otherwise, I'll
> have to close that bug because I don't think it's an issue with xfce.
> 

sorry for the delay.
I think you pointed out the reason why shortcuts are not loaded: I use a 
custom xmodmap file that is loaded after the window manager is started.
I have to find a way of loading it before, but it is not clear to me as to how.
Thanks for the good work on XFCE ;)

ps: I set the bug to WONTFIX but I am not sure it is the right thing to do.

Bug #2118

Reported by:
Bertrand Servin
Reported on: 2006-08-03
Last modified on: 2009-07-14

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Olivier Fourdan
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